The American experience in World War I will be the focus of a lecture April 11 at the University of Maine. Donald Zillman, the Edward S. Godfrey Professor of Law at the University of Maine School of Law, will talk about his 2016 book, “Living the World War: A Weekly Exploration of the American Experience […]
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The important role of 19th-century maritime history in shaping Maine will be the focus of the Maine Heritage Lecture Oct. 24 at the University of Maine. Stephen Hornsby, director of the Canadian-American Center and professor of anthropology and Canadian studies, will speak on “Industry’s Ocean: What Built Antebellum Maine.” The free public lecture, sponsored by […]
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Editor’s note: Story updated Oct. 5. Stephen King will launch his newest book, “Hearts in Suspension,” at the University of Maine on Nov. 7 with a reading of the book and discussion of his student days at UMaine during the turbulent Vietnam War era, followed by a conversation with his former classmates and friends who […]
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Franco American Programs at the University of Maine will host a panel discussion to explore questions of citizenship and the Franco-American experience on Wednesday, Sept. 28. From noon to 2 p.m. three scholars will discuss “The 14th Amendment in Franco-American Life” at the Franco-American Centre on the Orono campus. In 1938, Claudia Breton Emond was […]
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“Threads of Our Lives: Maine Folk Fiber Art,” featuring demonstrations and exhibition panels highlighting the diversity of the fiber arts statewide, will debut at the American Folk Festival in Bangor, Aug. 27–28, sponsored by the Maine Folklife Center at the University of Maine. The exhibit and more artist demonstrators, supported by a $1,400 grant from the […]
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For the past year, Professor of English Margo Lukens has collaborated with Carol Dana and other members of the Penobscot Nation to research and bring to the stage turn-of-the-century Wabanaki stories. Those stories have been compiled into a script for dramatic performance including poems, music and Penobscot language, presented by Penobscot Theatre Company, Aug. 11–14. […]
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Liam Riordan, a University of Maine history professor, will deliver the 2016 Deborah Pulliam Memorial Lecture at Maine Maritime Academy in Castine. Riordan’s talk, “The Promise and the Need: Humanities in the 21st Century,” will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4 in the 1954 Lecture Hall of the Harold Alfond Student Center. Riordan, […]
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Members of the public are invited to discuss how best to commemorate Maine’s bicentennial at a free dinner hosted by the University of Maine Humanities Center in Searsport on June 16. From 5–7 p.m. at the Penobscot Marine Museum’s First Congregational Church, guests will have the opportunity to take part in an informal exchange on […]
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Thirteen students and two professors from the University of Maine spent the final week of May on Swan’s Island doing community service projects and taking in the island’s natural and cultural attractions as part of a unique May Term travel-study course. When Annette Nelligan and Laura Cowan met last fall at a seminar on service […]
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The Historical Atlas of Maine has received three new awards, bringing to four the number of honors presented to the folio, its editors, cartographer and publisher this spring. The atlas won the best Book/Atlas category and was named Best of Show by the international Cartography and Geographical Information Society, and received the Excellence in Publishing […]
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